Long-term-care comprehensive geriatric assessments, such as the Minimum Data Set 3.0, are used to evaluate the clinical, psychological, and personal status of residents in long-term-care nursing… (More)

Continuous speech recognition (CSR) technology appears promising in mobile nursing but is not yet well studied. We developed and evaluated bimodal CSR and touchscreen triage support systems in the… (More)

AIMS
(1) To explore the attitudes and perceived barriers to reporting medication administration errors and (2) to understand the characteristics of - and nurses' feelings - about error reports.
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BACKGROUND
Healthcare organizations have increasingly adopted barcode technology to improve care quality and work efficiency. Barcode technology is simple to use, so it is frequently used in patient… (More)

The purpose of this study is to explore nurses' attitudes toward developing self-made information tools. In order to understand nurses' attitudes, we studied the factors that affect nurses' attitudes… (More)

Nurses today should not just passively use programs set up for them by MIS professionals, they are capable of creating their own applications to help them do their job. We proposed a framework used… (More)

International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) was developed as the standardized terminology by the International Council of Nursing (ICN) since 1999. It is important to evaluate the… (More)

In this paper, we will design mechanisms to provide location-aware healthcare service over IEEE 802.11 WLANs for hospitals. At medical centers, thousands of doctors, nurses, and medical staffs are… (More)

The purpose of this study was to analyse end user computing strategy and experiences in promoting nursing informatics in Taiwan. In February 2004, an 8-day NI technology training campaign was held in… (More)

The support systems for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at mass gatherings, such as the local marathon or large international baseball games, are underdeveloped. The purposes of this study were… (More)